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JOHN FOWLER (1826-1864)

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JOHN
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FOWLER (1826-1864)  ,
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English inventor, was
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born at
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Melksham, Wilts, on the 1th of
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July 1826 . He learned
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practical
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engineering at Middlesborough-on-
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Tees, and about 1850 invented a
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mechanical
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system for the drainage of
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land . In 1852 he began experiments in
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steam cultivation, and in 1858 the Royal Agricultural Society awarded him the
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prize of 500 which it had offered for a steam-
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cultivator that should be an economic substitute for the plough or the
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spade . In 186o he founded at Hunslet,
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Leeds, the
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firm of
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Fowler & Co., manufacturers of agricultural machinery,
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traction engines, &c . He died at Ackworth,
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Yorkshire, on the 4th of
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December 1864 .

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